Sales tax increase for transportation OKd All 195 precincts reporting, 11:32 p.m.; Nov. 4, 2025 Release of unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals will occur in real time at the NC Board of Elections website here after polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. This page is used chiefly to add ... Continue Reading →
4 candidates for Council At-Large seats pitch for support
Oct. 14, 2025 This morning's Forum attracted four of six at-large candidates for Charlotte City Council. Dimple Ajmera and Edwin Peacock were not present.There were three Democrats – LaWana Mayfield, James Mitchell and Victoria Watlington – and a Republican, Misun Kim, who in addressing the ... Continue Reading →
Sept. 9 Municipal Primary unofficial results
Sept. 9, 2025; 169 of 169 precincts reported; Percent of 532,197 ballots cast: 7.97% This file is based on unofficial Election Night results compiled by the State Board of Elections. ... Continue Reading →
At-large candidates seek partners in city governance
July 22, 2025 Equitable access to city services. Community-led planning. Better housing options. Vocational training. Transparency. Better programs to catapult youth into trades. Prepare future candidates for future service. But amid the widely shared hopes for the city and its people, more ... Continue Reading →
Preparing people for community leadership
March 26, 2024 Trust. A shared zeal for community service, for servant leadership. Outlooks that "clicked." A willingness to teach and support each other. To work their tails off for each other. James Mitchell has been an elected official off and on in Charlotte for decades. He had an easily ... Continue Reading →
Election 2023
195 of 195 precincts reporting; Nov. 7, 2023 Release of Mecklenburg vote totals will occur in real time at the NC Board of Elections website here after polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. This page will not report write-ins. It is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on ... Continue Reading →
Sept. 12 Charlotte Primary Results
Sept. 12, 2023 Vote tabulations as published Election Night by the State Board of Elections, with 100% of precincts reporting, but provisional ballots still to be added. Turnout was just under 5%. State maps show two precincts in a tie. The tie was zero votes in Precinct 200 (along Catawba ... Continue Reading →
Candidates seek to hold staff – and themselves – accountable
Aug. 15, 2023 Charlotte’s estimated population topped 917,000 last March, and some of the 11 members of City Council appear to be struggling to stay in touch with so many constituents, with the heaviest burden falling on at-large council members. That theme of isolation of the elected from the ... Continue Reading →
Index to 2023 Mecklenburg elections
Page initiated July 21, 2022 Listed below are three lists of 2023 candidates for Charlotte and CMS elective office: the Nov. 7 City ballot for mayor and City Council; the Nov. 7 CMS Board of Education ballot; and the candidates who ran in Charlotte's Sept.12 primary but were unsuccessful. The CMS ... Continue Reading →
Developers offer update on med school development project
June 6, 2023 Two representatives of the developer preparing the Charlotte site for the Atrium/Wake Forest medical school this morning gave an update on construction and planning for the site. The last presentation was Aug. 24, 2021. Dennis Miller, who spoke for Wexford in 2021, focused his ... Continue Reading →
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